Evolver 117 - September and October 2020

12 VISUAL ARTS Please book a timed slot before visiting any gallery SCULPTURE IN A LANDSCAPE 1969 – 2020 In September sculpture by artists from across the country will feature in a major exhibition in Wiltshire. On a gently sloping Marlborough down, work by over 30 artists will be showing in a landscape setting that in 1969 hosted one of the first exhibitions of contemporary sculpture ever held in a private garden in this country. That exhibition Sculpture in a Landscape 1969 was organised by sculptor Roger Leigh and his wife Patricia. They had a wonderful setting, a six acre landscape just outside Aldbourne. They had the right contacts too and were able to attract 18 leading contemporary sculptors including Brian Wall, Hubert Dalwood, Austin Wright, Henry Moore and William Pye. Today the landscape looks very much as it did in 1969. The mown paths remain, a chalk hummock made by Roger is now a gentle pathway under mature trees and the hollow in the chalk is now a sheltered pond. Work from the period by William Pye will again be for sale on this site and smaller work on loan by Leigh, Moore and Dalwood will feature in our shop display. The contemporary sculptors showing will install work in glass, metal, wood, stone, bronze and resin across the site. They include many whose work is represented in both public and private collections here and abroad. 3 - 27 September: West Leaze, Ogbourne Road, ALDBOURNE, near Marlborough, SN8 2LD. Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm. £7.50 (includes catalogue). Bookings: friendsofthegarden.org.uk. GILES PENNY ‘MAN WITH DISC’ PENNY HARDY ‘DANCERS’ 18, 19, 20 september 2020 school of art and Wellbeing Cuckoo Down Lane Honiton, EX14 9TT with hugh dunford Wood Friday 7.30 - 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm £300 07932 677540 / artandwellbeing.co.uk Learn the theory of making a repeat pattern from plant drawings by cutting a lino block then printing your own paper. No experience needed - all materials and worksheets provided. Weekend Wallpaper Workshop ‘TIDE & TIME’ 10 - 23 September Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill Galleries, Mill Lane, LYME REGIS, DT7 3PU. 11am - 4pm. 01297 444042 / townmill.org.uk . ‘THE AVIATION AND MARITIME ART OF JOHN FINCH’ 12 - 25 September Guggleton Farm Arts, Station Road, STALBRIDGE, DT10 2RQ. Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 3pm. 01963 363456 / guggletonfarmarts.com . “A major look at the career of the esteemed oil painter, timed to coincide with the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain.” ‘TAKE 5’ 12 September - 17 October The Red House Museum, Quay Road, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1BU. 10am - 4pm. 07887 506557 / take5artists.com . MARK ROCHESTER: ‘COAST LINES’ 19 September - 17 October Hybrid Gallery, 51 High Street, HONITON, EX14 1PW. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01404 43201 / hybrid-devon.co.uk. “Vertiginous plein air paintings of the North Devon coast.” ‘TOWARDS THE TIPPING POINT’ 19 September - 24 October ACE Arts, Market Place, SOMERTON, TA11 7NB. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 1pm and 2 - 5pm. 01458 273008 / acearts.co.uk . “Environmental textile artists Rebecca Bruton and Lydia Needle present an exploration of consumption versus the earth’s finite resources.” YEOVIL CREATIVES: ‘APART TOGETHER’ 19 September - 31 October Yeovil Art Space, Unit 29, Vicarage Walk, Quedam Shopping Centre, Ivel Court, YEOVIL, BA20 1EX. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 11am - 3pm. 07887 379388 / yeovilartspace.uk. “Work responding to themes of ‘Solidarity and Kindness’.”